[wplug] Best Buy's insanity ...

[Teodorski, Chris]

I hate to be a curmudgeon -- but this is becoming the new "cheap DSL in Pittsburgh" discussion.  

Perhaps a forum would be better format for this kind of chatter....



> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-bounces+teodorski=ppg.com at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-
> bounces+teodorski=ppg.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Tim Lesher
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 2:10 PM
> To: General user list
> Subject: Re: [wplug] Best Buy's insanity ...
> 
> On 3/7/07, Michael H. Semcheski <mhsemcheski at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think I interpreted the article differently than you did.
> 
> Probably so. I think you have to take into account the source, who has
> a vested (financial) interest in exposing evil, vampiric corporations
> who prey on innocent, unsuspecting, and fearful consumers, who have no
> way to protect themselves except by buying the newspaper or visiting
> the website of the aforementioned source. :-)
> 
> > But even if it is like you describe, a feature that lets employees check
> on
> > the advertised price, isn't it important to get that right?
> 
> Hell, yes.
> 
> > Didn't somebody notice before this got to the AG?  Its a
> > lot to swallow.
> 
> You obviously haven't followed comp.risks for the past, oh, 15 years. :-)
> 
> > I'm not going
> > to google this to confirm it, but didn't they have a thing where they
> kicked
> > shoppers out of the store for writing down prices?  Didn't they settle
> with
> > the AG of NJ (for a small amount) over rebate fraud?
> 
> Contrary to popular belief, a company is not a single organism with a
> single brain.  I've worked at places in which a member of the group
> did something unethical or illegal, but that doesn't necessarily mean
> that I was also doing something unethical or illegal. Of the three
> incidents (potential price-comparison fraud, expelling customers for
> writing down prices, and rebate fraud), you would have a hard time
> convincing me that one, single, malevolent mind was behind all three.
> That's good fodder for movies and conspiracy theorists, though.
> 
> Now, some companies have a culture that encourages doing the wrong
> thing, and it's usually a second-order effect caused by a "thou shalt
> produce results, and I don't care how you do it" mentality.  Maybe
> that's true at Best Buy.
> 
> But it bothers me that, when a self-appointed "watchdog" makes an
> accusation of _intentional_ fraud, the burden of proof never seems to
> be on the watchdog.
> 
> --
> Tim Lesher <tlesher at gmail.com>
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